Starring Anne Kimbell, Stuart Wade, Dick Pinner, Wyott Ordung, Inez Palange
Directed by Wyott Ordung
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A commercial artist on vacation comes to believe there is a monstrous creature in the ocean, and tries to convince a marine biologist to help her track it down.
I've been fond of this movie for a number of years- it's one of Roger Corman's first production credits and offers many of the staples that would make his later films successful. The sharp eyed might pick up future Corman leading man Jonathan Haze in a bit part. Kimbell is cute as the unconventional for the time female lead although she's not spared scenes of embarrassment, including running in terror from a harmless cow. Her romance with Wade is almost a bit too sweet, but I liked them together, and the scenes with Wade charging to her rescue in his one-man submarine. The monster of the title wouldn't pass muster in a later film, but it's legitimately creepy and a fine enough bogeyman for the movie. Director Wyott Ordung, who also plays a role in the movie, is probably better known for his scripts for a number of 1950's sci-fi efforts including Target Earth, First Man Into Space, and the notorious Robot Monster.
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